David Brower

The chance to shine in a singing competition offers much-needed hope for a Southern middle-schooler who's drowning in worries, from bullies in the halls to turmoil at home -- and the news that his reservist father has been called back to Afghanistan.

A young actress changing in the privacy of her dressing room, finds the theater's aging owner hiding behind her sofa. He begs her for mercy, claiming to be hiding from a lover's very violent and very angry husband.

A boy experiences his first crush and heartbreak with a bike-riding ice cream woman.